Paracord

550 Paracord has made its name in the commercial industry through its use by the military as an important ‘tool’. It was first introduced and applied in parachute construction during World War II and was quickly recognized for its use in other tasks. Today it is used by both military and civilians for countless general purpose tasks…

Do you have paracord in your preps?

Paracord is lightweight, while it is STRONG (able to hold up to 550 pounds).

There are as many uses for paracord as you can possibly imagine.

Some of the useful properties include its strength, durability, lightweight, water and mildew resistance, and the multipurpose uses of its inner strands.

Paracord could is not only useful during ‘ordinary’ times, but it could become VERY important to have on-hand in almost any survival situation, especially after TSHTF.

Some animals can see in color because they possess sufficient cones in their eyes to detect it. In fact some might see wavelengths of the visual spectrum that most humans can’t perceive. However other animals, particularly nocturnal ones, might have far more rods in their eyes and thus see shades of grey better and very few colors.

Deer can’t see orange, so hence while making out that something is present, can’t see the color, so hunters use orange.

Personally I wouldn’t use paracord with color either unless I specifically needed to see the color quickly. I can’t think of many situations that this would be important as usually the fact that black blends in is more important.

I have used and have many uses for paracord. Just a couple ways I keep some handy, Wrapped ax handle, wrapped a few knife handles, Made some bracelets, I also have done a rifle sling all in paracord, on my compound bow I have one for the wrist area so if the bow slips after my shot. I actually have about 20′ on me and about 100′ quickly available in my Bug out Bag in my Truck. Good stuff and plenty of uses. Mine are either camo color, gray, black or olive green.

The good about paracord is it is strong overall, light weight and can be used for multiple applications from setting up a tent with a missing pole to tying you food bag and hanging them in trees… Uses as wide as the imagination. There are different types of paracord also and the one mostly used by survivalist is the 550.This is not the strongest they make but it will hold up to around 400 lbs. per single line. Don’t make the mistake thinking it will hold your weight for repelling off a cliff! But for tying say a hammock you should be ok with multiple ties. Para cord 550 has 7 inner strands of Para cord and each strand is woven with three strands. Each strand can be used for tying. Each strand is very strong and small enough to use as makeshift trout lines or snares, and can be used for starting fires etc…Para cord is possibly the best buy you can make for strong overall lightweight rope.I personally use the olive and black 550 but I also have some repelling line just in case I do have to “go over the edge”.

You can use Para Cord to cut Para Cord to the length you need.
You can “skin” the outer shell back and use the inner strands to make a small fish net.
Besides Para Cord I have several 1 pound rolls of .032 stainless steel aircraft safety wire. If used properly it makes very good snares for rabbits and other critters up to the garrote for the two legged kind.

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